LA rocker, Cutt, recently released her latest single and video, “No Crown In This Dead Town.” The video, directed by Ethan Maniquis (Machete, Five Finger Death Punch, Daughtry), highlights he...
https://ghostcultmag.com/cutt-shares-a-new-video-for-no-crown-in-this-dead-town/
Brooklyn post-punk outfit, Clone, have just shared their new single, “Redeemer.” The track, discussing the “cult” of personality surrounding politics and celebrities, is the third taste o...
https://ghostcultmag.com/clone-drop-their-single-redeemer-with-new-album-coming-soon/
Californian/French electronica two-piece, Will Laut (named after their frontman, a former Eurovision contender), are about to drop their brand new, self-titled EP. Blending ambient pop, noir mini...
https://ghostcultmag.com/will-lauts-new-self-titled-ep-is-coming-out-soon/
Los Angeles-based punk band Militarie Gun are hitting the road this June & July playing their first-ever headline shows in Australia. Their Winter 2024 tour to the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne...
https://ghostcultmag.com/militarie-gun-books-their-first-ever-headline-tour-of-australia/
Nightwish recently announced their new album, Yesterwynde. The Symphonic metal legend’s new album will see the light of the day on 20th September 2024, marking the band’s tenth studio album, ...
Idaho’s rising hard rock band, Silent Theory, have announced the release date for their new album, Tell Us How It Ends. It will be out on September 13th, via the ONErpm record label. The band a...
https://ghostcultmag.com/silent-theory-announce-new-album-tell-us-how-it-ends-on-tour-soon/
Symphonic metallers, Seven Spires, recently shared their latest single and video, “The Old Hurt of Being Left Behind.” This is the third track to be released from their upcoming studio album,...
Beautiful Was The Fight, the latest documentary by filmmaker Dave Habeeb is set to screen at the Omni Theatre inside The Museum Of Science on May 22nd. The film, which has been enjoying a festiva...
https://ghostcultmag.com/music-documentary-beautiful-was-the-fight-set-for-boston-screening/
Brace yourself for this one — grab some popcorn and a comfy chair, because you’re in for a long, thrilling ride. Florida quintet Capstan truly swung for the fences with their third record, ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-capstan-the-mosaic-fearless-records/
Watch Pro-Shot Video of Metallica Performing "Screaming Suicide" Live in Gothenburg, M72 Tour 2024 Kicks off This Week Continue reading → The post Watch Pro-Shot Video of Metallica Performin...
Long-running Swedish Death Metal band Darkane has announced their new vocalist Tobiasz Bennedal. The previously announced Lawrence Mackrory had departed the band, after two stints in the group (1...
In this episode, Matt Pike and Jeff Matz of High On Fire share insights into the making of “Cometh the Storm” (MNRK Music, MNRK Heavy) discussing the album’s themes, influences, and the ban...
Electropop artist, Róisín Murphy, is about to release her album, Hit Parade Remixes, on Friday, May 24th.Reimagining her landmark album Hit Parade, It features the recently released “The Hous...
Western Canada’s Armstrong MetalFest has announced the lineup for its 14th edition, taking place July 12th and 13th at the Hassen Arena, Armstrong, BC, by the Okanagan Valley. This year will be...
The Allman Betts Band recently set off on the first dates of their King Crawler Tour, starting in Charleston, SC. Featuring several originals as well as some Allman Brothers classics, this is the...
Legendary L.A.-based metal band, Body Count, recently released “Psychopath” – their first new single since 2020’s GRAMMY ® Award winning “Bum-Rush.” The new track features Fit for An...
Continuing their live campaign in support of their 2022 Metal Blade Records album, Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven, Goatwhore have announced an extensive North American headlining tour this...
https://ghostcultmag.com/goatwhore-book-headlining-north-american-tour-dates/
After announcing the release of her new studio album for September 20th, Dutch singer/songwriter, Charlotte Wessels, has now unveiled the album’s first single, “The Exorcism.” The album, Th...
Who’s your top cover this week? Abrams – Blue City (Blues Funeral Records) Aesthus & Sieluhaaska – Kaksi liekkiä Saatanalle Split EP (Purity Through Fire) Arka’n Asrafokor – Dzikk...
https://ghostcultmag.com/preview-new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-5-24-24/
Check out what you missed this week in the world of Rock and Metal! Ghost Cult on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostcultmag/ Ghost Cult on Discord https://discord.com/channels/9777...
https://ghostcultmag.com/podcast-the-weekly-ritual-rock-and-metal-news-show-live-5-17-24/
Jon Wysocki the founding drummer of Staind, later with Soil, and recently Lydia’s Castle has died. He passed away on Saturday, May 18th, and was just 53 years old. Before his death he had repor...
https://ghostcultmag.com/jon-wysocki-founding-drummer-of-staind-soil-and-lydias-castle-has-died/
Long-running Prog Metal legends Return To Earth have released their new EP, Octavius, via Nashville record label Bald Freak Music. Against their type, Octavius is an ambient electronic music albu...
Check out Keefy’s video review for Kerry King’s (Slayer) debut solo album – From Hell I Rise, out now from Reigning Phoenix Music! Read our write up here: ALBUM REVIEW: Kerry King – Fr...
https://ghostcultmag.com/podcast-5-minute-review-kerry-king-from-hell-i-rise/
Welcome to the first episode in a new series where we spotlight the staffers that bring you Ghost Cult’s killer content. Meet Reza Mills! In addition to writing for Ghost Cult, Reza writes for ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/podcast-episode-482-ghost-cult-staff-spotlight-reza-mills/
New Jersey-based Nü metal/post-Hardcore newcomers, Dizasterpiece, have just shared their music video, “Nosferatu.” Directed by Eric DiCarlo (Lorna Shore, Dying Fetus), it is the second song ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/dizasterpiece-drop-their-music-video-for-nosferatu-new-album-out-now/
St. Louis Heavy Rock and Metal act Inimical Drive is back with a fire new single – “Victim” premiering today at Ghost Cult! Co-written, produced, and mixed by Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz of ...
Martin Bisi – founder of BC Studios, and music producer known for his work with John Zorn, Sonic Youth, Swans, Unsane, and more – has just dropped his new EP, Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy, via...
https://ghostcultmag.com/martin-bisi-drops-his-new-ep-your-ultimate-urban-fantasy/
Time for our fifth episode on Queen! Were they able to rebound after the last album? Check out our last series on @Slayer: Check out Ghost Cult’s review of Kerry King’s Debut album” ALBUM R...
https://ghostcultmag.com/podcast-glacially-musical-181-queen-a-day-at-the-races-a-pretty-great-one/
GRAMMY-winning rock titans Halestorm have today surprised fans by releasing new 18-track live album Live At Wembley, recorded at their biggest headline show to date, held at London’s OVO Arena ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/halestorm-drop-live-at-wembley-album-full-concert-on-youtube-and-streaming/
Left Lane Cruiser have just released their new digital single, “Motown Mash.” It comes from their upcoming full-length album, Bayport BBQ Blues, due to drop June 7th via Alive Naturalsound Re...
https://ghostcultmag.com/left-lane-cruiser-share-their-single-motown-mash-new-album-out-soon/
Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Burque Rock City Fest has just announced the final bands to be added to its 2024 lineup. Absynth Minded, Demogorgon, Faceripper, and Dysmorphia now join Rebelmatic, Pr...
What new albums are you excited for this week!? Altar Of Gore – Litanies Of The Unceasing Agonies (Nameless Grave Records) (Buy) Ancient Settlers – Oblivion’s Legacy (Scarlet Records) (B...
https://ghostcultmag.com/new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-5-17-24/
Apocalyptica previously announced the sequel to their legendary debut record. Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2, releasing on June 7th, 2024 via Throwdown Entertainment / BMG Music, will conti...
Richie Kotzen has announced a new run of U.S. tour dates, kicking off on September 13th at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, and ending on November 2nd in Dallas, TX at the Granada Theater....
In this episode, Marty Friedman, the legendary guitarist, and former Megadeth member, discusses his latest album “Drama”. In this exclusive interview with Keefy, Marty dives deep into the cre...
https://ghostcultmag.com/interview-marty-friedman-brings-the-emotions-on-drama-album-breakdown/
Finnish heavy metal guitarist, Euge Valovirta, is coming up on the release of his new album, Hardtones. First gaining international renown in melodic metallers, Suburban Tribe, Valovirta’s new ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/euge-valovirtas-new-album-hardtones-is-out-soon/
Japanese instrumental rock band, Mono, have just shared their latest single, “Run On,” with a video directed by Dalian-based artist, Jiang Kun. It is the second single taken from their 12th a...
https://ghostcultmag.com/mono-share-their-video-single-for-run-on-new-album-coming-soon/
Chicago’s Harm’s Way have unleashed a video for their song “Terrorizer.” The track comes from the band’s most recent full-length, Common Suffering, which was released last Fall via Meta...
https://ghostcultmag.com/harms-way-drop-a-new-video-for-terrorizer-on-tour-now/
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark album, Tales From The Thousand Lakes, Amorphis have announced a live album and concert film of the record. Available on Blu-ray+CD and vinyl, i...
Ronnie James Dio Passed Away Ten Years Ago Today Continue reading → The post Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf) Passed Away Fourteen Years Ago Today appeared first on Ghost Cult...
With a name that relates to a substance that can destroy red blood cells and cause serious organ and tissue degeneration, it’s pretty obvious that Californian act Hemotoxin isn’t going to be ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-hemotoxin-when-time-becomes-loss-pulverised-records/
With only one month to go until Download Festival, DLXXI has unleashed its “Beyond The Bands” offerings, giving Download-goers an even more exciting experience onsite with brand new food, dri...
Lorna Shore have announced an upcoming North American headline tour, kicking off September 19th in Montréal. Support comes from Whitechapel, Kublai Khan TX and Sanguisugabogg. Lorna Shore will b...
California crossover collective, Dead Heat, have just joined the roster at Metal Blade Records. Following a run on the Brainsqueeze tour with Municipal Waste, Ghoul, and Necrot, the band have als...
https://ghostcultmag.com/dead-heat-sign-to-metal-blade-records-on-tour-soon/
Eight years on from his last solo record, Cut To Black (Barry Adamson Inc) sees Barry Adamson (former Magazine bassist and Bad Seed) bring us back into his cinematic universe. While soul and murd...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-barry-adamson-cut-to-black-barry-adamson-inc/
Durban South Africa-based Groove Metal band Thorns of Ivory have shared a new single and a lyric video for the track “Dogs of War!” The track follows the band’s debut single, “Curtain Cal...
Slipknot has announced a new song, perhaps a single, “Long May You Die!” The band teased the track on social media posts today, May 15th 2024. The phrase “Long May You Die!” has shown up ...
Violins will and should always belong in various subgenres of Metal, and when done right, the addition of a classical string instrument can transport listeners to vast transcendent landscapes –...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-goden-vale-of-the-fallen-svart-records/
TR/ST (fka Trust), has just premiered his latest single,”Soon,” via Dais Records. The new wave influenced dance floor stomper comes along with the news that an album is in the works for 2024,...
https://ghostcultmag.com/tr-st-drops-his-latest-single-soon-and-books-eu-and-uk-tour-dates/
Marilyn Manson’s comeback continues to pick up steam as both his social media accounts and Nuclear Blast Records are sharing an unofficial teaser alerting fans to a new partnership. It seems to...
Ghost Cult Keefy caught up with guitarist David Gantt and vocalist Dustin Mitchell, of North Carolina’s Brutal Hardcore/Deathcore/Rap Metal band Filth! We discussed their new album Southern Hos...
Metal Injection announces their second annual Metal Injection Festival, ft. Jinjer, Converge, God Forbid, 3 Inches Of Blood, Hanabie and many more bands! 31 bands, 3 stages + 2 days of rock and ...
After a five-year gap between albums, Arizonan quintet Gatecreeper are back with Dark Superstition (Nuclear Blast). Their third album sees their heavy, Death Metal roar wed to more melodic and co...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-gatecreeper-dark-superstition-nuclear-blast-records/
Industrial metallers, Candy, have just released their brand new single and visualizer video, “You Will Never Get Me.” The track, featuring Justice Tripp of Angel Du$t and Trapped Under Ice, f...
Creator of numerous metal arworks, from illustrations to caricatures, album covers to t-shirt designs, Mark Rudolph, is gearing up for the release of his new book. Profane Creations: the Metal Ar...
Slash’s much-anticipated blues cover album is studded with fine performances – Chris Stapleton singing on “Oh Well”, Iggy Pop on “Awful Dream”, Brian Johnson loving it on “Killing F...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-slash-orgy-of-the-damned-gibson-records/
Virginian latin metallers, Saint Diablo, have just premiered their new music video, “Voice On the Phone.” This is the first single taken from their upcoming EP, The Reckoning, which will be r...
Portland dark Americana band, Bridge City Sinners, have dropped their new digital single and video “Doubt.” It is taken from their upcoming album, In The Age Of Doubt, which arrives on July 1...
Baltimore hardcore/punk quartet, Gasket, are getting set to release their new EP, Babylon, on June 21st, via Blue Grape Music records (Code Orange, Gel). This comes less than a year after the b...
https://ghostcultmag.com/gasket-drop-a-video-for-syndicate-and-announce-new-ep/
Five albums into their career, the fact Pallbearer was once a Doom Metal band has faded into the haze of the atmosphere that dominates Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast Records). Of all the metal s...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-pallbearer-mind-burns-alive-nuclear-blast-records/
Greg Puciato, somewhere in the middle of the madness, stated that, “Out of the 20 or so shows I’ve played here (Seattle), this is my favorite one.” And what a night it was. Greyhaven st...
Ghost Cult Keefy caught up with Greek Heavy Metal singer Andry for an interview to discuss her upcoming appearances at Ultimate Jam Night, and Rock For Ronnie 2024, and her new album “Skies,”...
Currently hard at work on a new album for a possible release in late 2024/early 2025, Exumer (Metal Blade Records) have just announced a run of live dates in Europe and the UK. Joined by Hirax, t...
https://ghostcultmag.com/exumer-book-european-tour-with-hirax-and-announce-new-bassist/
Seattle post-hardcore five piece, The Blood Brothers, are celebrating two decades of their album, Crimes, giving it a limited vinyl reissue. The new edition of the record is due out on October 4t...
Guitar legend, producer, and Gov’t Mule front man Warren Haynes has added a special show date at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre to his upcoming Now Is The Time Tour. The Warren Haynes Band and The ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/warren-haynes-books-red-rocks-show-with-colorado-symphony-on-tour-soon/
Alt rock duo, Slothrust, composed of principal songwriter and guitar player, Leah Wellbaum and drummer Will Gorin, are hitting the road this fall. Having released their latest EP, I Promise, in...
https://ghostcultmag.com/slothrust-book-us-tour-dates-with-badflower/
Former Divine Heresy vocalist Travis Neal is fighting cancer and has launched a GoFundMe to help pay for his ongoing treatment and care. He has accrued a “huge out-of-pocket cost so far” … ...
Continuing their seriies of working relationships with metal artists, Concept Cafes have now announced their new signature coffee, Soulfly’s Healer, coming soon. Produced by indigenous women, i...
https://ghostcultmag.com/concept-cafes-announce-soulfly-healer-signature-coffee/
Vale of Pnath recently dropped “Silent Prayers,” – the third single from their forthcoming album, Between The Worlds of Life and Death – along with an official video. The full-length is d...
Green Metal like Black Metal … hammered dulcimers instead of guitars … gruff, growling vocals as well as clean singing, plus choral voices and symphonic passages. Yes, Botanist are “plant b...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-botanist-paleobotany-prophecy-productions/
South African psych/shoegaze alternative collective, Filthy Hippies, have released their latest single and video, “Dual.” The track is taken off their forthcoming album, Share The Pill, which...
https://ghostcultmag.com/filthy-hippies-share-a-single-and-video-for-dual-new-album-coming-soon/
Apocalyptica previously announced the sequel to their legendary debut record. Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2, releasing on June 7th, 2024 via Throwdown Entertainment / BMG Music, will conti...
I had the supreme pleasure of seeing the two English juggernauts Saxon and Uriah Heep Live at Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, NJ as part of their ‘Hell, Fire & Chaos’ U.S. Tour! ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/concert-review-saxon-uriah-heep-live-at-bergen-performing-arts-center/
True Norwegian black metal horde 1349 is now welcoming fans to an exclusive world premiere and meet and greet at the infamous Duff’s Bar Brooklyn, in which the band will be spinning a brand new...
https://ghostcultmag.com/1349-announces-live-song-premiere-and-meet-and-greet-at-duffs-bar-brooklyn/
Pantera continues to have a busy 2024, following their reunion/tribute tours of 2023 with Metallica, headline dates and festivals. The band has already had a headline tour in 2024. The band heads...
https://ghostcultmag.com/watch-pro-shot-video-of-panteras-full-set-at-resurrection-fest-2023/
Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour has now added just a few exlcusive North American shows to bookend his exclusive shows at The Royal Albert Hall in London. David Gilmour today announced his first...
https://ghostcultmag.com/pink-floyds-david-gilmour-books-exclusive-north-american-shows/
Baroness and Graveyard cap off 2024 with a co-headlining European tour, kicking off in late October. Pallbearer will open on select dates! “Europe, we’re thrilled to announce our return, an...
https://ghostcultmag.com/baroness-and-graveyard-book-a-european-tour-with-pallbearer/
Hard-rock band, Dark Divine, recently shared their new track, “Burn The Witch.” It came out on May 10th, via Thriller Records, and is their first release since their debut album, Deadly Fun, ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/dark-divine-share-their-new-single-and-video-burn-the-witch-on-tour-now/
Ghost Cult’s Tom Osman interviews returning guest Serena Cherry of Svalbard! Their excellent album “The Weight of the Mask” was released last year via Nuclear Blast Records! Serena discusse...
Post-Punk duo, Supernova 1006, recently unveiled their latest single, “How I Need You” via the Negative Gain Productions record label. Originally planned as a bonus track on their 2023 album,...
https://ghostcultmag.com/supernova-1006-share-their-new-single-how-i-need-you/
What new albums are you excited for this week!? Altar Of Gore – Litanies Of The Unceasing Agonies (Nameless Grave Records) Ancient Settlers – Oblivion’s Legacy (Scarlet Records) Aspernament...
https://ghostcultmag.com/preview-new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-5-17-24/
Legendary British rock band, UFO, have announced a re-issue of their rare 1988 EP, Ain’t Misbehavin’, in a deluxe bonus track edition. It is due out via Cleopatra Records on June 14th. In adv...
Punk rock power trio, UltraBomb, have just dropped their new single, “Rage Bomb.” It is the first track released from their upcoming sophomore album Dying To Smile, which is due out June 07th...
Coheed And Cambria shared a rare stand-alone track, titled “The Joke”, out now. The the track comes from their Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind album sessions; the band are happy...
One crucial element in creating the perfect sound for your music is having the right amplifier. Whether you’re a blues guitarist looking for warm tones or a metal shredder seeking an aggress...
https://ghostcultmag.com/choosing-the-right-guitar-amplifier-for-your-genre/
Created by Opeth bassist Martín Mendéz, progressive metallers, White Stones have announced the release of their third studio album, Memoria Viva, for June 28th, through the Reigning Phoenix Mus...
Chicago’s REZN – made of Rob McWilliams (vocals, guitar), Phil Cangelosi (bass), Patrick Dunn (drums), and Spencer Ouellette (synth/saxophone) – present a new single/video, “Collapse,” ...
In the last of our Riot Fest 2023 content, Keefy caught up with Dr. Monique Williams and Cobe Williams of Cure Violence! Amidst the Rock and revelry of the festival CVG’s mission is so very nee...
Trailblazing Harajuku-core sensation has today released their latest track “Girl’s Talk” and the official music video (via Sony Music Japan). Speaking about today’s release, Hanabie. voca...
Time for our fourth episode on Queen! Hot wax and hot takes about “A Night At The Opera!” Check out our last series on Slayer: Check out Ghost Cult’s review of Kerry King’s Debut album”...
Chicago/Nashville alt-rock artist, Letdown (aka Blake Coddington), has just released his latest single, “Raincoat.” Following his most recent track, “Hate Myself,” it came out via Big Lou...
https://ghostcultmag.com/letdown-shares-his-new-single-raincoat-on-tour-in-the-us-soon/
Metallica joined Garth Brooks, Annie Lennox, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and others for the at the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize tribute concert and award presentation to Elton John And Be...
Slipknot has shared a recap of their first two shows of 2024, their first two with new drummer drummer Eloy Casagrande, formerly of Sepultura. First the band played a tiny bar in Pioneertown, Cal...
Blue Ridge Rock Festival saga continues! the festival has officially canceled their 2024 event, months after saying they were still trying to hold one in 2024. The festival organizers put out a s...
I returned to the Masonic Auditorium for the second time in a few months to see an awesome metal show! I have mostly seen punk shows at this venue, which is odd, because it is perfectly suited fo...
Sega® Europe Ltd and Atlus have announced a new, exciting collaboration with Liquid Death Presents Download Festival. They will launch the brand new game, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, at th...
Continuing to celebrate 130 years, and its decades long partnership with guitarist Slash, iconic global instrument brand, Gibson, has announced the release of a very limited collector’s edition...
LA rock 5-piece, Starcrawler, have just announced a string of West Coast tour dates in early summer, featuring a stop in Vegas for Punk Rock Bowling Festival. The band also head out as opening su...
Rising rock outfit, Crossbone Skully have just released their new track, “Money, Sex, or God,” via the Better Noise Music record label. Frontman Tommy Henriksen (Hollywood Vampires, guitarist...
The Skateboarding Hall of Fame announces the addition of Billy Tuchscher as its new CEO, with founder Todd Huber remaining on as Director. Tuchscher — whose previous experience lies in real est...
https://ghostcultmag.com/skateboarding-hall-of-fame-announces-billy-tuchscher-as-new-ceo/
Innovative instrumental metallers, intervals have just released their latest single “circuit bender” accompanied by an official video visualizer. The song is from their forthcoming new album ...
Hard rock group, Bad Wolves, have just digitally released their new track, “Hungry For Life,” via Better Noise Music records. For this song, the band collaborated with rock singer-songwriter ...
What are you getting this week!? Beautiful Skeletons – Temperance EP (Wormholedeath Recordings) (Buy) Belushi Speed Ball – Stellkira (Self-Released) (Buy) Big Special – Postindustrial Homet...
https://ghostcultmag.com/new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-5-10-24/
Kentucky Hardcore stalwarts Knocked Loose continue to march forward in their vision of beatdown in the form of their third full-length, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To (Pure Noise). Tw...
Trafalgar Releasing today launched the global trailer for Ghost’s debut film Rite Here Rite Now,. As previously announced, the film will premiere in cinemas worldwide on June 20 & 22 as tickets...
Belgian progressive post-metal quintet, Hippotraktor, have just released their brand new single and video, “Renegade.” The song is taken from their forthcoming full-length album, Stasis, whic...
https://ghostcultmag.com/hippotraktor-share-a-single-and-video-for-renegade-new-album-coming-soon/
Claudio Simonetti‘s Goblin will be taking to the stage to perform the score of George A. Romero‘s Dawn of the Dead on a series of only three exclusive US dates this May. The live shows will t...
American death metallers, Skeletal Remains, just embarked on the Decayed Decades North American tour in support of Exhumed, with additional support from Morbikon. The tour kicked off May 08th, in...
https://ghostcultmag.com/skeletal-remains-kick-off-north-american-tour-with-exhumed/
At now around a decade since their inception, Italy’s SYK have been garnering a, perhaps understated, but certainly formidable reputation with a penchant for complex and dissonant Death Metal.�...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-syk-earthflesh-season-of-mist/
Poland‘s Sunnata emerges from the cloud of smoke that shrouded the band on their last album to jam out their brand of grunge-out psychedelia. On Chasing Shadows (self-release), they continue ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-sunnata-chasing-shadows-self-released/
South by Southwest® (SXSW®), the world’s leading festival celebrating the convergence of creativity, culture and technology, is launching in London in June 2025. Through its multidisciplinary...
https://ghostcultmag.com/south-by-southwest-announces-sxsw-london-for-june-2025/
Death To All – created to bring a new generation of metalheads the experience of Chuck Schuldiner’s Death first-hand – have just shared a live video of “Suicide Machine.” Recorded at Gr...
With a previous formidable track record consisting of three full-length concept albums, four experimental EPs, and a myriad of remixes and rearrangements to note, Belgian Industrial/Post-Rock uni...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-thot-delta-pelagic-records/
Black metal icon, Abbath, is hitting the road in North America from May 09th, starting in Quebec City, QC. With support from Black Anvil, Imperial Triumphant, and Final Gasp, the trek moves throu...
https://ghostcultmag.com/abbath-kicks-off-north-american-tour/
Italian psychedelic doom/sludge metal trio, Ufomammut, have shared their latest single, “Mausoleum,” delivered through an animated visualizer/lyric video. The song comes from the band’s ten...
https://ghostcultmag.com/ufomammut-share-their-single-and-video-mausoleum-new-album-out-soon/
Mothica recently announced their new album, Kissing Death, released through her own imprint Heavy Heart Records partnering with Rise Records is to be released 23rd August 2024.The latest in a ser...
https://ghostcultmag.com/mothica-shares-a-new-single-and-video-red-uk-tour-dates-announced/
Combining extreme music sensibilities and Doom-inspired vocal machinations, Red Rot have put forth their latest full-length, Borders Of Mania (Hammerheart Records), a fifteen-track compendium ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-red-rot-borders-of-mania-hammerheart-records/
Ghost Cult welcomed back former guest and a favorite of ours: Per Wiberg (Spiritual Beggars, ex-Opeth, Candlemass, Clutch/The Bakerton Group, Switchblade, Kamchatka)! He recently released his new...
https://ghostcultmag.com/interview-per-wiberg-breaks-down-his-new-album-the-serpents-here/
December 1st 2019. The first day waking up in a post-Slayer world. A dark day indeed. Having played their final show in Inglewood, California, the previous night, the Huntington Park Thrash M...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-kerry-king-from-hell-i-rise-reigning-phoenix-music/
The original Queens of Metal, Kittie have finally announced their highly-anticipated and long-awaited new studio album, Fire, due 21st June via Sumerian Records. The upcoming release is the band�...
Arguably the most influential producer of the last 30 years Steve Albini has died. He was 61 years old Steve died of a heart attack. And no further information is available. That’s known as the...
The Miki Berenyi Trio have just released their first official single, “Vertigo,” via the Bella Union record label. It is accompanied by a video filmed by French director Sébastien Faits-Di...
Lovers of slow, massive riffs, rejoice! Ape Vermin is here for your daily dose of gnarly Sludge and Doom Metal music! Their new album Andromedas Colossus is dropping on May 17, 2024. the band has...
Dundee, Scotland based heavy music fest, Hordes X, has just announced its first raft of bands for 2024. The Infernal Sea, Crossfire, BrainBath, Ante-Inferno, Demolizer, and more will appear at th...
The Power Hour is back in action! We triple-teamed on ya, droppin them bees on ya 🐝 with another episode! Recapping all the essential Rock and Metal releases we covered in April ’24, and the...
https://ghostcultmag.com/podcast-episode-481-the-steev-tom-and-keefy-power-hour-april-may-2024/
In celebration of his forthcoming new album, Orgy of the Damned, out May 17 on Gibson Records, Slash has curated an all-star Blues lineup for the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Blues Festival touring North Ameri...
Kris Barras Band has shared a new single and music video for “With You” from their album Halo Effect! Last week, band announced their intention to try to help save independent venue The Boo...
When you think of British Post-Metal, Bossk are almost certainly one the first bands that spring to mind. A truly remarkable outfit that undoubtedly take influence from the likes of Isis, while t...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-bossk-4-death-wish-inc/
Alternative crooner-philosopher, Fred Abong, is about to drop his new album, Blindness, via Moochin’ About Records. With the release scheduled for May 09th, he has also recently shared the full...
Kerry King the cofounder of Slayer played for the fuirst time ever with his solo band last night, Tuesday (May 7th) at Reggies in Chicago, Illinois. The group performed 17-songs including six Sla...
Point North recently shared their all new track, “Bring Me Down.” It follows their fan-favorite collab “Safe and Sound” with The Ghost Inside (which climbed its way into the top 20 at roc...
https://ghostcultmag.com/point-north-share-their-new-single-bring-me-down-on-tour-now/
When it comes to American influences in Metal, it’s far from out of the ordinary to find European acts adopting a more U.S.-friendly sound to grow musically or widen their fan base. It is a lit...
Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida this week to kick off the festival season bigger and louder than ever event May 9-12, 2024! 200,000 fans...
Brighton avant-pop artist, Nick Hudson, has just released his brand new CD album, Kanda Teenage Honey. Featuring artwork by Hudson and several notable artists and photographers, it was largely re...
https://ghostcultmag.com/nick-hudsons-new-album-kanda-teenage-honey-is-out-now/
In a new partnership, Bloodstock is excited to announce the line-up for its 2024 EMP Stage (formerly the Jagermeister Stage)! Friday’s bill will include tech/death squad Lost Brethren, th...
New Jersey death metallers, Altar Of Gore, are streaming their new single, “Destined For The Pit,” over at Metalsucks. This is the latest preview of their second opus, Litanies Of The Unceasi...
Colorado metalcore crew, Mouth For War, are about to set off on the Common Enemies tour with Spite and labelmates Bodysnatcher. They are continuing to tour in support of their latest album, Bleed...
https://ghostcultmag.com/mouth-for-war-us-tour-with-spite-bodysnatcher-and-more-kicks-off-soon/
Almost 60 years on from the kaleidoscopic cultural explosion, tied to the back of free-loving, flower-powering, mind-warping hippies and the kicked-open-door of artistically experimenting possibi...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-rated-eye-rated-eye-wax-donut-records/
Pujus of Jukra, the progressive rock trio from Jyväskylä, Finland, have just shared their latest single, “Out of Time.” It follows “Close Enough” as the second track to be released from...
https://ghostcultmag.com/pujus-of-jukra-share-their-new-single-out-of-time-debut-album-coming-soon/
Mötley Crüe played a rare “secret” club show Monday night May 6th, 2024 at New York’s historic Bowery Ballroom. The band was billed as “1981” buu it was an open secret it was Crue. 19...
True Norwegian black metal pioneer Mayhem will be performing two very special 40th anniversary sets in their hometown of Oslo (NO) at Sentrum Scene on Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, with t...
Progressive death metal collective, Dååth, have just unleashed their comeback album – their first studio album in fourteen years, The Deceivers, out now via Metal Blade Records. Read our rev...
In our latest episode Ghost Cult’s Omar Cordy chatted with Corey Glover (Living Colour, Disciples of Verity, solo) to discuss his new rock supergroup Sonic Universe, ft. shredder Mike Orlando (...
Unleash the Archers is a band that reliably produces songs that are unconventional and wildly exciting. This Canadian Power Metal act has broken barriers in the genre by their dauntless divergenc...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-unleash-the-archers-phantoma-napalm-records/
Cali thrashers, Take Offense, are rapidly closing in on the release of their new long-player, T.O.tality. This will be their fourth overall album, and label debut for MNRK Heavy, and is due out o...
https://ghostcultmag.com/take-offenses-new-album-t-o-tality-out-soon/
Around a first-of-its-kind, sold out show, working with the Kansas City Symphony, and hot on the heels of his “P.O.W.” single, multi-platinum rapper, Tech N9ne, has shared a new collabos song...
Influential LA rock band, 96 Bitter Beings, have shared a re-recorded version of the CKY track, “Flesh Into Gear,” along with a visualizer video. The band, featuring founding guitarist, vocal...
EBM/industrial icons, Front Line Assembly, recently dropped a re-imagined version of their track, “Molotov.” Originally appearing on the band’s video game soundtrack album, WarMech, the son...
Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys, the dynamic musical ensemble known for its evocative soundscapes and self-reflective lyricism, has just released “Dripping Trees.” This haunting track is the fina...
Art/noise-turned-punk/metal band, Child Bite, have just unleashed a ten-year anniversary edition of their Strange Waste EP, via Housecore Records. It is limited to 300 copies; 100 splatter vinyl,...
https://ghostcultmag.com/child-bite-drop-10th-anniversary-edition-of-their-ep-strange-waste/
Hailing from Seattle, death metal trio, Noroth, are preparing to unleash their latest full-length, Sacrificial Solace. The album is set to be released on June 7th through Carbonized Records, on C...
https://ghostcultmag.com/noroth-share-their-single-black-serpent-new-album-out-soon/
What are you getting this week!? Beautiful Skeletons – Temperance EP (Wormholedeath Recordings) Belushi Speed Ball – Stellkira (Self-Released) Big Special – Postindustrial Hometown Blues (S...
https://ghostcultmag.com/preview-new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-5-10-24/
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Portland, Oregon’s Unto Others have spent their seasons in the abyss and arise from the other side with streams of harsh light breaking through their darkened gothic and classic metal motifs. T...
As we previously reported, Music retail giant Sam Ash has announced they are closing stores across the country, including historic locations in Huntington, Long Island, Connecticut, King of Pruss...
https://ghostcultmag.com/sam-ash-announces-store-closing-sales-at-all-locations/
Multi-platinum, record-setting band Shinedown just got hotter! The chart-topping superstars have announced a new line of hot sauces in collaboration with specialty sauce artisan Torchbearer Sauce...
Massachusetts-based Brutal Technical Death Metal band Cetragore has dropped a new single and video “Changer of Ways!” The gnarly track sees the veteran band ply their trade with a high level ...
On the heels of successful integrations in the sports world including partnerships with MLB, the NFL, a historical Super Bowl commercial with Paramount and the Daytona 500, the recently reunited ...
Mongolian rock band, The HU, have just shared a live performance video of “Tatar Warrior,” filmed during their recent U.S. co-headlining tour with British rockers, Asking Alexandria. The new ...
Startset has shared a new single and music video – “Brave New World!” It packs all the sonic power and punch that Starset fans have to come to know, expect, and love from the band, complete...
Formed in Sweden, now based in LA, Solence have just inked a deal with the record label, Better Noise Music. As they set to work on their next album, they have also released their new track “F*...
Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour has booked exclusive shows at The Royal Albert Hall in London. Tickets go on sale May 10th, 2024. This news comes on the heels of other tour dates announced to sup...
Austin,TX-based band, Fire From The Gods, have just shared a new lyric video for their track “Double Edged Swor,” featuring vocalist Jayden Panesso of NYC metalcore outfit Sylar. The track ...
Breakout four-piece, Sleep Theory, have just dropped a new single and music video for “Gone or Staying.” The song features on their Epitaph Records EP, Paper Hearts, which was released in Sep...
https://ghostcultmag.com/sleep-theory-share-their-new-single-and-video-gone-or-staying/
Best described as a hybrid of post-hardcore and alternative-fused metalcore, East Coast Rapcore group Dizasterpiece will release a new album entitled ZZONEBOUND on May 17th via Shake The Earth...
Arizona rock ‘n’ rollers, The Black Moods, have announced a run of headline shows across the American Midwest this summer, from May 10 to June 22. They will also make festival appearances at ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/the-black-moods-book-us-tour-dates-and-festival-appearances/
Austrian trio, Desolat have just dropped news of their upcoming second LP, Get Sick And Let Me Watch You Die. Mixed by Dan Swanö, it is to be released on June 14th, through Reptilian Records and...
https://ghostcultmag.com/desolat-share-their-single-gin-tonic-youth-and-announce-a-new-album/
What new Rock and Metal records ate you getting this week? Agriculture – Living Is Easy/The Circle Chant (The Flenser) (Buy) Ancst – Culture Of Brutality (Lifeforce Records) (Buy) Aoryst �...
https://ghostcultmag.com/new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-5-3-24/
The latest Bandcamp Friday is today May 3rd, 2024! As announced perviously Bandcamp Fridays will continue in June, and from September to the end of the year. The brand was sold by Epic Games t...
https://ghostcultmag.com/the-next-bandcamp-friday-is-today-may-3rd-2024/
Time for a chaser episode! Let’s review and unbox @High On Fire’s new album “Cometh The Storm” out now via MNRK Heavy! Nik unboxes the vinyl variant from Gimme Metal and we tell the story...
Due to incredible demand, heavy titans, and cultural phenomenon, Slipknot are pleased to announce a second LA show has been added to the North American portion of their Here Comes The Pain Tour �...
Sometimes all that’s needed on a rough day is some crusty Death Metal. Luck would have it that Crawl has dropped their sophomore full-length, Altar of Disgust (Transcending Obscurity Records), ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-crawl-altar-of-disgust-transcending-obscurity-records/
Before you read another word, please remember that these shows need to be seen in person. As much as I love video, it will never capture the intensity or entirety of an event. The experience is i...
If you like your music heavy, proggy and with an emotive atmosphere, then may I introduce you to Ghost on Mars. They are an Italian outfit whose debut album, Out Of Time And Space (Willowtip Reco...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-ghost-on-mars-out-of-time-and-space-willowtip-records/
Acclaimed New England death metal band Fuming Mouth has released a new single, “Daylight Again,” In anticipation for their upcoming US Tour with August Burns Red and festival performances at ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/fuming-mouth-debuts-new-single-daylight-again-ahead-of-upcoming-tour/
Floridian heavies, Bodysnatcher, have just released their latest track, “Human Disdain.” Accompanied by a music video, it follows “Severed” as the second single to be taken from their upc...
Florida-based hard rock group, Fame On Fire recently released their second single of 2024 “Spiral (Justice).” It follows their Active Rock Radio Top 30 track, “Nightmare (The Devil),” sha...
https://ghostcultmag.com/fame-on-fire-drop-their-new-single-and-video-spiral-justice/
Sliptrick Records has announced the signing of industrial metal artist AntiMozdeBeast. A solo Industrial/Electronic Metal project created in 2019, dabbling in experimental genres such as harsh in...
https://ghostcultmag.com/sliptrick-records-welcomes-industrial-metal-project-antimozdebeast/
Following his 2022 debut country album, Just Woke Up, Bowling For Soup mainman, Jaret Ray Reddick, heading back into the studio to start work on his second full-length. As a first taste of what i...
The latest band to come out of Epitaph Records’ fine collection of artists is Death Lens. With humble beginnings of being essentially a “party punk” band to today, Death Lens have truly evo...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-death-lens-cold-world-epitaph-records/
Mutants Of The Monster Fest has just announced its full and final 2024 lineup, with the addition of Cancerslug and Rwake. Taking place at the Argenta Arts District, Little Rock, AR, May 16-18, th...
Tokyo noise duo, Melt-Banana (vocalist Yako and guitarist Agata), have announced an extensive tour in the US, running from May 21st in Sacramento to June 22nd in San Francisco. It comes in advanc...
https://ghostcultmag.com/melt-banana-book-tours-in-us-and-uk-new-album-coming-soon/
After a 2023 tour and album release with The Winery Dogs, Richie Kotzen has returned with his new single and lyric video, “Cheap Shots.” The song will be a part of a full-length album to be r...
Post-Punk and New Wave festival Cruel World Fest has announced its full stage times for the returning festival in the Los Angeles area next weekend. Taking place on May 11, 2024 at Brookside at t...
Guitar icon Marty Friedman has just released his latest solo single and music video for the track “Dead of Winter!” This follows the first single “Illumination” from their upcoming studio...
A lot can happen in a decade, from breakups and personal growth to illness and death, or even a global pandemic. So when a band releases their first album in ten years, you know it’s going to b...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-alien-ant-farm-mantras-megaforce-records/
Morbid Angel and Suffocation have booked a tour with UADA and others for the 2024 Devastation On The Nation Tour! Other bands on the tour include Mortiferum, Fulci, and Knoll. Tickets go on sale ...
Throughout their 44-year career, Einstürzende Neubauten has upheld a commitment to making musical art, with little interest in vapid radio hits. They continue this tradition with Rampen (Mute Re...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-einsturzende-neubauten-rampen-mute-records/
After months of speculation, Eloy Casagrande is officially the new drummer of Slipknot! Slipknot tagged Eloy in their new band photo post on Instagram, announcing a slew of activity (after leakin...
Birmingham UK post-Rock and Doomgaze band Outlander has shared a brand new single and video for the track “Want No More!” The track comes off of their upcoming sophomore album, Acts of Harm, ...
One year after releasing their second album, Evenfall Of The Apocalypse, via 20 Buck Spin records, Portland, Oregon death metal squad, Ascended Dead, are about to embark on a widespread North Ame...
https://ghostcultmag.com/ascended-deads-american-apocalypse-2024-tour-is-kicking-off-soon/
A new Frank Turner album is an event. One of the preeminent songwriters of the last two decades, we greet it with high expectations. Not unlike Buck in the book The Call of The Wild by Jack Londo...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-frank-turner-undefeated-xtra-mile-recordings/
As they start a jaunt across the US, In Flames have just announced the anniversary vinyl reissues of some of their out of print albums. Nuclear Blast Records will put out Lunar Strain (30th anniv...
https://ghostcultmag.com/in-flames-announce-vinyl-reissues-of-classic-albums-us-tour-kicks-off/
British black metal giants, Cradle Of Filth, have just announced a run of live dates in Europe and the UK, on the By Order Of The Dragon tour. The trek kicks of in Bristol, England on October 27t...
https://ghostcultmag.com/cradle-of-filth-book-by-order-of-the-dragon-tour-dates-in-the-uk-and-eu/
Portuguese black metallers, Gaerea, have just released their latest track, “World Ablaze,” via Season of Mist records. The new single is accompanied by a video created by Grupa 13. It is a st...
https://ghostcultmag.com/gaerea-drop-their-new-single-and-video-world-ablaze/
Faeroe Island singer & songwriter, Eivør, has shared her new single, “Hugsi Bert Um Teg” (Still Just You in English). Arriving with its own music video, directed by Einar Egils, it is taken ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/eivor-shares-her-single-and-video-hugsi-bert-um-teg-new-album-coming-soon/
This Fall, the ‘Klash of the Titans’ makes its triumphant return to North America! Fans will enjoy an epic night of metal with thrash royalty Testament and Kreator co-headlining the run. The ...
Heavy titans and cultural phenomenon Slipknot are pleased to announce the North American portion of their Here Comes The Pain Tour. This year the nine are celebrating the 25th anniversary of thei...
In this episode, Ray Adler of Fates Warning fame drops by to discuss his new project, North Sea Echoes, which he reunites with Jim Matheos (Arch Matheos). Their debut album “Really Good Ter...
Boy is it exhilarating when a group of meticulous and notable artists get together to show the world how music is done the right way! Five-piece Post-Black Metal stalwarts Deliria are filled to t...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-deliria-phantasm-self-released/
Following their recent single, “Space Lord Symphony,” hard-hitting Southern California rock band, Bullets and Octane, have now announced “Vampires.” The new single will be made available ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/bullets-and-octane-announce-their-new-single-vampires-out-soon/
Already planning new music, metal festival appearances, and headline tour dates, Behemoth is hosting another theatrical livestream event today to celebrate 33 years as a band in 2024. “Outliv...
Cavalera has become synonymous with extreme metal music, a name that to this day still holds the highest regard, a family legacy built upon decades of musical aggression. In 2023, Max and Iggor C...
Heavy Rockers Saltpig will drop their debut self-titled album via the beloved Stoner Rock and Doom Metal label Heavy Psych Sounds May 31st, 2024. Formed by former Annihilator drummer Fabio Alessa...
Renowned photographer, Mark Weiss (also known for his photography book, The Decade That Rocked), and fashion designer, Christian Benner, have come together for an art exhibition, celebrating both...
After 13 years, Dååth has returned with their new album, The Deceivers (Metal Blade records). The band, helmed by sole founding member Eyal Levi, returns to a different musical landscape. Meta...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-daath-the-deceivers-metal-blade-records/
American metalcore band, The Devil Wears Prada, are soon to return to UK stages, for four dates in May. They support Landmvrks on the short run around England, joined by Like Moths To Flames and ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/the-devil-wears-prada-to-play-uk-spring-tour-dates-with-landmvrks/
Alien Ant Farm have announced an EU/UK tour for October/November 2024 which they will co-headline with CKY. The tour announcement follows the release of their new album ~mAntras~ which was rele...
Reading, Pennsylvania progressive death metallers, Rivers Of Nihil, have just unleashed their brand new single, “Criminals.” The band recently began sessions at Atrium Audio with Carson Slova...
https://ghostcultmag.com/rivers-of-nihil-share-a-new-video-single-for-criminals-on-tour-now/
A tasty slice of rhythmic, headbanging Sludge, this groovy, nicely gnarly EP finds Hollow Leg in fine fettle, smoking hot and leaving many others in their wake – leaving them in the dust, you c...
https://ghostcultmag.com/ep-review-hollow-leg-dust-self-released/
German progressive metal act, Disillusion, have re-released their album, Back To Times Of Splendor, via Metal Blade Records, to celebrate the record’s 20th anniversary. Recently, the band also ...
Nightwish finally break the quietude to announce Yesterwynde. The Symphonic metal legend’s new album will see the light of the day on 20th September 2024, marking the band’s tenth studio albu...
Hard-rockers, the Michael J Miller Band (MJM) recently shared a reworking of their latest single, “Live It Up,” now with guest lead vocal by Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-Judas Priest, KK’s Pr...
With their debut single “Shroud” receiving its global premiere last night on the BBC Radio 1 Rock show with Daniel P Carter, we are very excited to introduce you to VOWER, an incredible new p...
Guitarist Roman Surman has announced via social media he is stepping down from touring with Wednesday 13 for the rest of 2024. Roman is moving to England and looking for work opportunities in the...
https://ghostcultmag.com/guitarist-roman-surman-steps-down-from-wednesday-13-for-the-rest-of-2024/
New England Metal & Hardcore Fest 2024 has added the comeback of Year of The Knife, in their first live performance since their horrific and life threatening van accident in June 2023. The band r...
Knotfest Iowa is upon us. Today the globally renowned event has revealed its 2024 lineup including the hometown return of Slipknot, the festival’s headliner and founders. With a unique set dr...
NJ hardcore heavyweights, Gel, recently shared their new single, “Mirage.” Accompanied by a music video, it is taken from their upcoming EP, Persona – the follow up to their 2023 debut full...
https://ghostcultmag.com/gel-share-a-single-and-video-for-mirage-and-announce-their-new-ep/
Ontario death metal outfit, Tomb Mold, have announced their Enraptured By Fate’s Tangled Thread Tour in North America this July, joined by Horrendous. The trek begins in Tomb Mold’s hometown ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/tomb-mold-book-north-american-tour-dates-with-horrendous/
Breaking their long silence, Thy Will Be Done have re-emerged with their first new track in four years, “Prelude To Apostasy.” The song comes out via the band’s own Eye.On Lion Recordings w...
https://ghostcultmag.com/thy-will-be-done-share-their-new-single-and-video-prelude-to-apostasy/
Today, Pittsburgh deathcore unit Signs Of The Swarm and genre-bending metal powerhouse Veil Of Maya have announced a co-headline UK and EU tour, presented by Pins and Knuckles. The Faces of Death...
Cape Town’s Nastiriff recently unleashed their debut single, “Suck It.” Infusing riot riff rock with a blend of humor and rage, the track is accompanied by a one-shot video. It is also stre...
https://ghostcultmag.com/nastiriff-share-their-debut-single-and-music-video-for-suck-it/
California. Beaches, blue skies, and blazing sunshine. Unless you’re The Watchers, of course. In which case it’s all about darkness, shadows, and a predilection towards all things of a noctur...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-the-watchers-nyctophilia-ripple-music/
Petti Hendrix has just shared latest single, “Be Ok,” (remix) in collaboration with Waterparks and Good Charlotte. The track was produced by Robbie Hiser, and released through MDDN Records, o...
Thrash metal legends, Flotsam and Jetsam, have announced their next album, I Am The Weapon. Their 15th studio long-player, it is slated for a 2024-release via AFM Records, with more album details...
What new Rock and Metal records ate you getting this week? Agriculture – Living Is Easy/The Circle Chant (The Flenser) Ancst – Culture Of Brutality (Lifeforce Records) Aoryst – Relics Of Ti...
https://ghostcultmag.com/preview-new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-5-3-24/
Catch up on what you missed this week in the world of Rock and Metal news with our show! We got to 925k views on YouTube! 4785 subs 10K followers on IG 19,000 on FB/Meta 2k on Threads …...
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Darkthrone has been long associated with being “True Norweigan Black Metal” but has not made any attempt to adhere to this expectation of them since 2004’s “Sardonic Wrath”. Instead, th...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-darkthrone-it-beckons-us-all-peaceville-records/
Eye is the new project of MWWB (formerly Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard) frontwoman Jessica Ball and Dark Light marks its debut following MWWB’s 2022 album The Harvest. Joining Ball in her lates...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-eye-dark-light-new-heavy-sounds/
Less than a year after taking the final bow of the United Forces tour, Hammerfall have announced their 13th studio album, Avenge The Fallen. It will be released on August 9th via Nuclear Blast Re...
New England alternative music festival, Capulet Fest, is back. Taking place at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut, June 28 – 30, the event will play host to August Burn...
The geography of Minnesota is described as being a largely woodland abundant area and, famously, waters, often referred to as “The land of 10,000 lakes”. Such scenery has become synonymous wi...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-amiensus-reclamation-m-theory-audio/
Milwaukee Metal Festival (MMF) is quickly approaching, set to take place at The Rave Eagles Club, May 16 through 19. The event organisers recently announced a special Record Store Day promo, stil...
https://ghostcultmag.com/milwaukee-metal-festival-announces-record-store-day-ticket-discount/
Black Veil Brides kick off a new season of redemption and revenge with “Bleeders,” a cinematic music video, battle cry, and tour conceived by band leader Andy Biersack. The “Bleeders” sin...
Darkest Hour continues to celebrate the release of their blistering new album, Perpetual | Terminal, and announce a new UK and EU tour, supporting Fit For An Autopsy and Sylosis on 25 dates this ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/darkest-hour-to-join-fit-for-an-autopsy-sylosis-for-uk-and-european-tour/
Dear lord in heaven, it’s 2024 and we’re still talking about the fact that Glen Benton has an inverted cross on his forehead. This is not a knock on Deicide, by the way, as they have consiste...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-deicide-banished-by-sin-reigning-phoenix-music/
Slipknot, one of the biggest headlining Metal bands in the world played a tiny bar in Pioneertown, California as the warm-up to their gig at Sick New World Festival this weekend. The band played ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/watch-slipknot-play-their-first-gig-with-their-new-drummer-in-a-tiny-bar/
Atlanta, Georgia-based black metal outfit, Cloak, have just joined the roster at Metal Blade Records. The band also recently announced new live dates on The Holy Dark Over Europe tour this Summer...
https://ghostcultmag.com/cloak-sign-with-metal-blade-records/
Following their successful End Of The Road Tour in 2023, rock legends, KISS have announced the 40th anniversary super deluxe edition of their tenth studio album Creatures Of The Night. The new ve...
What new Rock and Metal releases you getting this week!? Accept – Humanoid (Napalm Records) (Buy) ACOD – Versets Noirs (Hammerheart Records) (Buy) ACxDC – G.O.A.T. (Prosthetic Records) (Buy...
https://ghostcultmag.com/new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-4-26-24/
London based guitarist and singer/songwriter, Jack J Hutchinson, has just premiered his newest video for the track “Love Is The Law.” The song is taken from his most recent album Battles, rel...
https://ghostcultmag.com/jack-j-hutchinson-shares-a-new-video-for-love-is-the-law/
The Distinguished Order of Disobedience or The D.O.O.D. have teamed up with Ghost Cult to share their new single “The Pentecostal,” inspired by The Crow, streaming on DSPs and Bandcamp. Haili...
A year since the release of their album A Kiss for the Whole World, Enter Shikari have announced a new companion record Dancing On The Frontline. The new record brings together remixes, non-album...
Episode three of our series on Queen is here! Nik and Keefy discuss the stylistic departure of Queen’s third album – “Sheer Heart Attack!” Check out our bonus episode on Record Store ...
One of the defining characteristics of the hardcore scene is its emphasis on community and companionship, especially between the artists and the fans. Australian up-and-comers AWOL have debuted w...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-awol-tear-em-to-bits-flatspot-records/
This next song is a love song. You can dance to it if you want to. Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein of Misfits is bringing his own misfit brand of Horror Punk on a tour with co-headliner OTEP and ...
Los Angeles-based dark melodic metal outfit, Witherfall have just released their new single, “They Will Let You Down.” It is taken from their upcoming album, Sounds Of The Forgotten, due to c...
Late-2000s east coast hardcore troops, GhostxShip, have returned after a decade-long hiatus, with the announcement of their new single, “Ties That Bind.” The fresh track officially drops on W...
https://ghostcultmag.com/ghostxship-announce-their-new-single-ties-that-bind/
Contrary to popular belief, Pop Punk and Emo are far from dead and buried. There are tons of true-school cool pocket scenes all over with great bands and fans supporting the hell out of them. One...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-grumpster-grumpster-pure-noise-records/
On April 12 and 13th in LA, this unknown band known as The House Band From Hell headlined two nights at the infamous venue The Whisky A Go Go. As the dates grew closer… it turned out that t...
In this episode, Ghost Cult Keefy chats with returning guest, Matt Harvey of Exhumed! In addition to his many Death Metal bands, he also composed solo instrumental albums, such as his new one for...
In the vast landscape of music production tools and plugins, one genre that has been steadily gaining popularity is LOFI. Short for “low fidelity,” LOFI music is characterized by its warm, vi...
https://ghostcultmag.com/why-lofi-plugins-are-a-must-have-for-every-producer/
Sarke – the pioneering Norwegian metal act, featuring vocals by Darkthrone’s Nocturno Culto – have just announced the release of their new album, Endo Feight. The 8th full-length from the b...
https://ghostcultmag.com/sarke-darkthrone-announce-a-new-album/
There are two dead giveaways that Atræ Bilis have something very, very weird in their back pocket. Released by the continuously boundary-blurring 20 Buck Spin, Aumicide’s cover artwork is some...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-atrae-bilis-aumicide-20-buck-spin/
SeeYouSpaceCowboy have recently released their new album, Coup De Grâce, via Pure Noise Records. They have also dropped their latest video single, “Lubricant Like Kerosene,” featuring Kim D...
Following a huge debut in 2023 year, Sick New World kicks off this weekend to Las Vegas Festival Grounds, on April 27, 2024 with an enormous collection of the world’s biggest hard rock, alterna...
https://ghostcultmag.com/sick-new-world-festival-2024-announces-stage-times-draws-outrage-from-fans/
Heavy Floridian quartet, Bodysnatcher, have just announced the digital release of their upcoming new EP Vile Conduct. It is due out Friday, September 03rd via MNRK Heavy records. Along with this ...
Hailing from Austin, Texas, Glassing is an intriguing band who have released some quality music across the albums Light and Death (2017), Spotted Horse (2019), and Twin Dream (2021). They’ve al...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-glassing-from-the-other-side-of-the-mirror-pelagic-records/
It was my second time coming to The Observatory at Santa Ana, as it’s become a place I enjoy seeing shows, with floor area having inclined sections for fans from afar to see, instead of being b...
Being able to keep a steady line-up over the last few years has proven difficult for German metal legends Accept. With guitarist Wolf Hoffmann being the only remaining member from the glory days ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-accept-humanoid-napalm-records/
After a four year hiatus, the most extreme tour of the year, Summer Slaughter is back with a vengeance. The mammoth, 21-date run this year will be co-headlined by Veil Of Maya and Brand Of Sacrif...
The original Queens of Metal, Kittie have announced an exclusive run of North American headline dates today. The long-awaited shows will see the band perform in 5 cities across the US and Canada ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/kittie-books-exclusive-headlining-north-american-mini-tour/
Huntsville, AL is welcoming the inaugural South Star Festival to John Hunt Park on September 28-29. The event will make its debut this fall, with headliners Blink-182 and Gwen Stefani alongside S...
Pallbearer have released a second song from their highly-anticipated new album, Mind Burns Alive (May 17, Nuclear Blast Records), with today’s arrival of the deeply moving “Endless Place” �...
Instrumental rock band, Mono, have just delivered the news of their upcoming 12th album. The Japan-based outfit have announced that the new full-length, Oath, will come out on 14th June, via Be...
https://ghostcultmag.com/mono-share-their-single-and-video-oath-new-album-coming-soon/
Born Of Osiris have released their brand new single “Elevate” along with an official music video, streaming now via Sumerian Records. Watch the video to “Elevate” here. Stream “Elevate...
https://ghostcultmag.com/born-of-osiris-share-a-new-single-and-video-for-elevate/
Icelandic synth-punk trio, Kælan Mikla, and Bardi Johannsson have teamed up to create an original score for Victor Sjöström’s 1921 Swedish silent movie, The Phantom Carriage. Catch the video...
Australian metalcore icons, In Hearts Wake, have just released their latest single and video, “Hollow Bone.” It is taken from their upcoming new album, Incarnation, due out on July 12th via U...
Maryland’s Full of Hell are not fucking about. 6 studio albums, 5 collaboration albums, 9 EPs, 8 splits, and 4 live albums in 15 years, and with their latest album Coagulated Bliss (Closed Cask...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-full-of-hell-coagulated-bliss-closed-casket-activities/
One of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time releases new album ‘=1’, on July 19th via earMUSIC. The first single will be unveiled on April 30th at midnight, a taster for t...
https://ghostcultmag.com/deep-purple-announces-new-album-1-new-single-incoming/
What an amazing show, so much so I was talking about it days later covering a fest. It was a simple one on a Wednesday night at TV Eye in Ridgewood Queens, with only two bands but Zombi played ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/concert-review-zombi-overcalc-live-at-tv-eye/
Death metal has always been a very hit-or-miss subgenre for me but most of it I do appreciate it. In good news, I have been listening to the new Engulfed album, Unearthly Litanies of Despair (Me ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-engulfed-unearthly-litanies-of-despair-me-saco-un-ojo/
Megadeth is bringing its iconic live show to North America with a 33-city, nationwide tour, Destroy All Enemies, produced by Live Nation, this fall including stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Bost...
Featuring Tracii Guns and Michael Sweet, Sunbomb have just shared their new single and lyric video, “Unbreakable.” It comes from their freshly announced sophomore album, Light Up the Sky, due...
https://ghostcultmag.com/sunbomb-la-guns-stryper-drop-thier-new-single-and-video-unbreakable/
After recently releasing their second full-length, Thoughts and Prayers, via Ipecac Recordings, CNTS have announced an extensive US tour. The Los Angeles-band – featuring members of Dead Cross,...
https://ghostcultmag.com/cnts-book-us-tour-dates-new-album-thoughts-and-prayers-out-now/
North Carolina stoner doom sludge crew, Bongfoot, have premiered their new single, “Kill The Hippies,” over at Cave Dwellers. The track is taken from their upcoming album, Help! The Humans, d...
https://ghostcultmag.com/bongfoot-premiere-their-new-single-kill-the-hippies-debut-album-out-soon/
The Metal 2 The Masses tour returns in 2024! Bloodstock’ initiative to give emerging bands a step up and also support grassroots venues, kicks off on 10th May, with 30 regions and 6 countries p...
Renowned Brazilian death-thrash band, Torture Squad, have just released a new version of their track “Warrior,” featuring a guest appearance from 80s metal vocalist, Leather Leone. The single...
Inventive and iconoclastic, Zeal And Ardor isn’t just a band; it’s a living and breathing entity. Like any other sentient being, it consumes, evolves, and transforms from one season to the ne...
Progressive stoner metal band, Baroness, have just added a new run of US tour dates, kicking off May 31st in Portland, ME, to be followed by a European leg. Both come in support of their latest a...
Canadian hard rockers, The Space Between, have just released their newest single, “Crooked and Hollow.” It follows on from the Ottowans’ eponymous debut EP, with articulate riffs, powerful ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/the-space-between-share-their-new-single-crooked-and-hollow/
Metal drummer Jay Weinberg, currently of Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves and formerly of Slipknot, will sit in with the band on Late Night With Seth Myers Studio 8G band May 6th to 9th...
Modern Melodic Death Metal legends Light This City reunited briefly on stage for a rare performance this weekend at a show in Redwood City, California! The band played at The Hub Saturday on 4/20...
So sorry, I’m a lil hungover, I was at this crazy house party last night. It was my friend’s birthday and he invited all his friends to jam out! It was insane. There were a ton of people. The...
Modernist Post-Punk artist Julia Gaeta shares the second single from her upcoming new EP Blur Divine, due for release on July 2nd, 2024. “Hangin On A Dream,” is the new single from this relea...
Just in time for Earth Day, Savage Lands have released a new single and music video for the track “Black Rock Heart!” Thrack features Kai Hansen, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for global...
In this episode, Ghost Cult Co-Owner Omar Cordy chatted with Glenn Benton of Deicide! Their new album Banished By Sin is releasing on April 26th, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music! Omar and Glen ca...
Psych groove fusion band, Goblyns, recently shared their latest single, “Muti.” It is the third and final track to be released from their upcoming debut full-length, Hunki Bobo. The album is ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/goblyns-share-their-new-single-muti-debut-album-out-soon/
As at least appearing serious music website covering the gamut of extreme and not so extreme music, one thing we are not supposed to do is play favorites. That said, one of our favorite labels is...
USBM legends, Profanatica, recently announced a 21 date headlining tour in the US. With support coming from Stormruler, the trek will kick off in Youngstown, OH on May 14th, and conclude on June ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/profanatica-book-us-summer-tour-dates-including-milwaukee-metal-fest/
Today, NYC native Des Rocs has announced his return to Europe and the UK with a string of tour dates for September 2024. The news comes after the successful release of his latest full-length reco...
https://ghostcultmag.com/des-rocs-books-september-headline-tour-of-the-united-kingdom-and-europe/
American doom metal outfit, Göden (created by former Winter member, Stephen Flam), are creeping up on the release of their new album, Vale of the Fallen. The full-length is the follow up to thei...
https://ghostcultmag.com/goden-to-release-their-new-album-vale-of-the-fallen-out-soon/
To celebrate cannabis culture’s most important day of the year (4/20), Texas rocker, Austin Meade shared his latest single, “Stoner Fantasy,” accompanied by a new video. It follows his top ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/austin-meade-drops-his-new-single-and-video-stoner-fantasy-on-tour-now/
Theatrical emo rock group The Funeral Portrait have shared the first new music following their 2023 EP Sounds From Beyond The Abyss (Vol. 1) via Better Noise Music. “You’re So Ugly When You C...
TNA Impact wrestler and noted freegan, Goldy Locks, has shared the latest single and video from the Goldy lockS Band, “Just Say Yes.” The video was created using found and foraged props and c...
Power funk metal mob, Mammal, have just released their latest video for new single “Agree To Disagree.” Like the previous single, “Keanu Reeves,” it comes from their brand new album, The ...
https://ghostcultmag.com/mammal-share-their-video-for-agree-to-disagree-new-album-out-now/
What new Rock and Metal releases you getting this week!? Accept – Humanoid (Napalm Records) ACOD – Versets Noirs (Hammerheart Records) ACxDC – G.O.A.T. (Prosthetic Records) Alien Ant Far...
https://ghostcultmag.com/preview-new-music-friday-new-rock-and-metal-releases-for-4-26-24/
Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner and Peter Frampton, The MC5 and a surprisingly larger than usual class are among the 2024 inductees into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Other inductees include are Mary ...
Catch up on what you missed this week in the world of Rock and Metal news with our show! Please donate to the Sonia Ramos fundraiser https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sonia-with-her-cervical...
https://ghostcultmag.com/podcast-the-weekly-ritual-rock-and-metal-news-show-live-4-19-24/
You have two weeks left to catch the current tour from Metalocalypse – Dethklok and Brendon Small, with support from Dragonforce and Nekrogoblikon! Also, catch them for two special Bay area sho...
https://ghostcultmag.com/interview-brendon-small-of-deathklok-feature-interview-2024-supercut/